YEP - the norm.
Send contributions to the MudCat (5.00 us) will give you "klein-geld" twenty-fold.
Sometimes, you can log...and things don't come up.
Switch servers (ISP's) Remove Cookies (records on your machine)
Change browsers (Motzilla, Lynix, WinDoz)
This particularly works ... if you (or anyone from your ISP address) have somehow offended someone inside, "the inner-circle" and your ISP goes on the MC - Sh!t-List.
This is a clique of USA blues/trad friends.
If you are looking for Morris Dancers, or bag-pipers....look on another continent.
Sincerely,
Gargoyle